cost reduction

基本解释

With too many computing resources, the hardware costs and other expenses negate the cost-reduction promises of cloud computing.
计算资源太多，硬件成本和其他费用就会否定云计算的成本削减承诺。
Late Monday afternoon, talks between the UAW and GM, and separate negotiations with Chrysler, were making some progress as the parties hammered out cost-reduction details.
周一下午，全美汽车工人联合会与通用汽车和克莱斯勒分别进行谈判，随着参与方敲定了成本削减的细节，谈判取得了一定的进展。
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Also Tuesday, telecommunications operator Vodafone PLC said it was cutting 500 jobs in the U.K. as part of a GBP 1 billion ($1.45 billion) cost-reduction program announced in November.
同样是周二，电信运营商沃达丰(Vodafone PLC)宣布，根据去年11月宣布的一项总额10亿英镑（14.5亿美元）的成本削减计划，公司正在英国裁员500人。

The more the hospital exceeds its cost-reduction and quality-improvement targets, the more money it can keep.
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Even when cost-reduction is a target, the plans for realising it are often worryingly sketchy.
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The company announced last quarter that it would embark on a cost-reduction initiative.
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